Trust in Divine Providence

From the St. Gerard Majella Novena

Sacred Scripture: Matthew 6:31-33

Meditation for Day 2

Even as a young workman, Gerard divided his earnings three ways — for his mother, for the poor of Muro, and as offerings for the holy souls — confident that God would provide for his own needs. His whole life was a wager on divine providence.

Ask Saint Gerard for the grace to trust God's provision in your own situation, especially where resources are uncertain.

Daily Novena Prayer (recited every day)

Psalm 139:13-14

You formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother's womb. I praise you, because I am wonderfully made; wonderful are your works! My very self you know.

This psalm of the child knit together in the womb (New American Bible) may be prayed as the daily closing of the novena.